Package carrier



Patented Mar. '16, 1926.

asians y ATENT FFICE.

WEBSTER H. RANSOM, 0F SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

PACKAGE CARRIER.

Application led February 14, 1925. Serial No. 9,309.

To all 'Lo/tom. t may concern Be it known that l, lll/'ERSTER H. RANSOM,a citizen of. the United States, residing at Spokane, in Spokane Countyand State of lll'ashington, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Package Carriers, of which the following is aspecification.

lv'ly present invention relates to improvements in package carriers, andthe device of the invention is adapted for use in carry. ing botes,bags, and other similar' recepA tacles that are tied with a cordorf-string.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device ot thischaracter which is inexpensive in cost of production, simple inconstruction, and which may with facility be applied for use with a cordor tie employed on packages.

By the use oi my invention a device is pro; vided by means or which apackage may be carried with convenience and which is also equipped withmeans for preventing dis-l placement of the carrier 'from the cord ortie.

The invention consists in certain novel features ot construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth and claimed.

In the accompanying` drawings, I have illustrated two examples of thephysical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined andarranged according to the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a perspective view showing' the pac :age carrier used with abag.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device used in connection with abox.

Fig. is an enlarged longitudinal scctional view showing the device witha cord or tie therein.

Fig. is a longitudinal sectional view of a slight modification of theinvention.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view at one end ot' the device of Fig. 3.

ln order to illustrate the utility ol my iu .jcntion, l have shown inFig. l a bag l having a string or cord 2 tied thereon, and in Fig. f2 Ihave shown a box 8 with a tie cord or string 4 thereon.

Vl'he carrier is indicated as a whole by the numeral 5. This device maybe made of Suitable material such as metal, fiber, board, or othermaterial. The carrier is of a length to correspond-with the width of ahand, and is U-shaped in cross section. The bottom 6 of the carri-er inFig. 3 is provided with a curvature, while the bottom portion of thecarrier in F 1g. 4 is flattened. In both forms of' the invention, thecarrier has a pair orv side walls 8 and 9 spaced apart a suicientdistance to accommodate a string or cord, and also afford an easy gripof the hand on the carrier when the latter is being used.

ln Figs. 3 and 4l, it will beapparent that the string 1l rests upon thebottom of the carrier and the package, through the string or cord, issuspended from the carrier.

For the purpose of preventing accidental displacement orloss of thecarrier `from the cord or string, when the carrier is not in the graspof' the hand, provide at both ends of the carrier a pair of opposedretaining lugs l0 and ll. These lugs are 'formed by bendino inwardly theopposite ends of the side walls of the carrier. A space is left, as inFig. 5, between the adjoining lugs, to per mit ready attachment of thecarrier to a cord, but this space is not of suflicient width to permitthe cord to readily pass therethrough. To disengage the carrier from thecord it is necessary that pressure be applied to pull the string betweenthe lugs 10 and ll, and of course a reverse operation takes place whenthe carrier is being placed on the string` or cord. Y

The carrier is of pr per size and shape for convenience and comfort tothe hand which grasps it, and it will be apparent that the carrier,although simple in construction, is an eiiicient device for performingits proper functions. c

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A package carrier comprising a blank bent to U-shape cross-section withrelatively high parallelside arms spaced apart sufficiently to receiveltherebetween a package cord for free movement, the endsof said blankatthe upper edges off the arms being rounded and bent inwardly to form'retaining flanges terminating in slightly spaced relation intermediatethe arms to permit passage oit a package cord therebetween only byforcing,

th-e rounded portions of said flanges formi ng,

converging guide edges inclined in the dircction of passage of Yapackage cord therebetween.

In testimony whereof l aifix my signature.

WElSSTER li, RANSQM.

